Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

Marginal note:Transfers established under paragraphs 14(a), (b) and (e) to (g)

• 13 (1) Subject to this Part, a Canada Health and Social Transfer established under paragraphs 14(a), (b) and (e) to (g) is to be provided to the provinces for the purposes of

  • (a) financing social programs in a manner that provides provincial flexibility;

  • (b) maintaining the national criteria and conditions in the Canada Health Act, including those respecting public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability and accessibility, and the provisions relating to extra-billing and user charges;

  • (c) maintaining the national standard, set out in section 19, that no period of minimum residency be required or allowed with respect to social assistance; and

  • (d) promoting any shared principles and objectives that are developed, pursuant to subsection (3), with respect to the operation of social programs, other than a program for the purpose referred to in paragraph (b).

• Marginal note:Transfers established under paragraphs 14(c), (d) and (i)

  (2) Subject to this Part, a Canada Health and Social Transfer established under paragraphs 14(c), (d) and (i) is to be provided to the provinces for the following purposes:

  • (a) the purpose referred to in paragraph (1)(b); and

  • (b) contributing to providing the best possible health care system for Canadians and to making information about the health system available to Canadians.

• Marginal note:Discussion with provinces

  (3) The Minister of Social Development shall invite representatives of all the provinces to consult and work together to develop, through mutual consent, a set of shared principles and objectives for the other social programs referred to in paragraph (1)(d) that could underlie the Canada Health and Social Transfer.

• Definition of social programs

  (4) In this section, social programs includes programs in respect of health, post-secondary education, social assistance and social services, including early childhood development, and early learning and child care services.